Jeremiah 2:16 Go deeper
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Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. (KJV)
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גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:16 word 1
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:16 word 2
נֹ֖ףnofMemphis
Lemma: נֹף, מֹף (noph) · Strong's: H5297
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Memphis
Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 19:13, Jeremiah 44:1, Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 46:19, Ezekiel 30:13, Ezekiel 30:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5297; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:16 word 3
יִרְע֖וּךְyir.'Ukhthey will graze you
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to pasture
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:16 word 4
קָדְקֹֽד\׃ka.de.Kodscalp
Lemma: קׇדְקֹד (qod.qod) · Strong's: H6936
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: crown
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Deuteronomy 28:35, Deuteronomy 33:16, Deuteronomy 33:20, 2 Samuel 14:25, Job 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6936; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:16 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The men | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Memphis | → | נֹף, מֹף H5297 Memphis |
| and Tahpanhes | → | תַּחְפַּנְחֵס H8471 Tahpanhes |
| have shaved | → | רָעָה H7462B to pasture |
| the crown of your head | → | קׇדְקֹד H6936 crown |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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